Re: [Leica] Re: NG

[Pablo Kolodny <pkolodny@fibertel.com.ar>]

on 26/7/01 10:36 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

> Agreed....And I know that most members of the list would disagree with
> my "quite banal" comment, and would probably say the same about much of
> the photography I admire. To my way of thinking, however, the NG is,
> with some major exceptions, a collection of beautiful postcards. But to
> each his own.
> 
> As to the discussion you were trying to provoke, my point is that
> there's no question what rangefinder pros are overwhelmingly shooting
> with if they use 35 rangefinders. But if you plug in the names Nikon and
> Canon, you'll discover that the VAST majority of NG photos are shot with
> those two brands. Which doesn't in any way address the question of what
> is "the best" camera - just points out that, unfortunately, even at NG
> Leica is an afterthought these days.
> 
> B. D.


Quite interesting that point about "postcards"...I've always thought the
same about the last, let's say, 10 years of NG editions.
By now, looking back about 30 years or more we could not say the same on
that. 
On the other side, what's the photography you admire, B.D.?

Bye

Pablo